The Lin Yutang House - Shilin District

Very impressive and picturesque place: you can feel atmosphere of calm and peace inside of your heart and soul... Moreover, interesting little hose-museum and cafe with tasty coffee, tea and food. Amazing view on the city...

Wonderful location to spend the day. We ate lunch at their restaurant, which has a great view of Taipei and the surrounding mountains. Our guide, Hsuan-ting, gave an informative tour of the house and Lin Yu-tang’s importance in history.

Former Taiwanese residence of Lin Yutang who had invaluable contributions to the Chinese language by easing the isolation of it. Lin's tomb also can be found in the garden. Entry fee is NT$30, there are toilets, a small café, free WiFi (password is the phone number that starts with 02), souvenirs and water dispenser. Highly recommended NOT to take bus R5 during weekends, as they are packed with hikers on their way to Yangmingshan and there are huge queues at Jiantan. Buses 109, 1717 or 111 tend to be less congested.

Great artist, awesome view, tasty food, and leisure time.

Fried rice was perfect, had a good peppery flavour, was served piping hot.